Jennie E. Annis
Jennie E. Annis was born on January 1, 1841, in Manchester, Connecticut, to Charles D. Annis and Adotia R. Bidwell. Her father was a machinist who owned $6,000 of real estate and $2,000 of personal property in 1860. Jennie grew up and attended school in Manchester. She married William Lyon Norton on April 12, 1866, and they had at least two children: William, born around 1866; and Sumner, born around 1876. They moved to Northampton, Massachusetts, in the late 1860s, and her husband worked as a machinist and tool maker there. By 1870, they owned $1,500 of real estate and $300 of personal property. Jennie died in Connecticut on February 22, 1885.
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(654)Annis, Jennie ~ Norton, Jennie1841-01-011885-02-22
  • Conflict Side: Union
  • Role: Civilian
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  • Gender: Female
  • Race: White

Documents - Records: 2

  • (2041) [recipient] ~ William L. Norton to Jennie A. Annis, 25 December 1861
  • (2166) [recipient] ~ William L. Norton to Jennie Annis, 11 November 1861

People - Records: 1

  • (654) Annis, Jennie is the [wife of] (636) Norton, William Lyon

Places - Records: 2

  • (589) [birth] ~ Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut
  • (294) [death] ~ Connecticut

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SOURCES

1850, 1860, 1870, and 1880 United States Federal Censuses, available from Ancestry.com; Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions and Newspaper Notices, 1629-1934, available from Ancestry.com.